Brannan probes sweeping new farm control plan
Agriculture Secretary Brannan asks for far reaching powers to regulate farm production under a national program. He proposes widespread marketing quotas and payments to cover price drops, with farmers voting by two thirds to adopt. Senate grapples with labor law amid Taft Hartley repeal pressure as 1950 races loom.
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Charles Brannan
Brannan
Congress
U.S. Senate
Senate
Labor
Scott Lucas
Baldness Cure Claims Stir Dutch Barber to fame
A Dutch barber in Een, J. Van Rooyen, allegedly found a mixture that regrew hair and treated 160 people, working 13 hours daily. The story spread with thousands of letters and crowds at the shop, while the rest of the page covers Hoover's tax-cut ideas, Berlin talks, and labor safety debates.
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Een
Holland
Meinheer J. van Rooyen
Meindeer
Skillet Dinners Show How to Cook Tender Meats
A collection of skillet recipes covers veal chops pork chops and chicken with onions peppers mushrooms and tomatoes. Directions include browning simmering and thickening sauces with cornstarch and sour cream for hearty meals serving four.
Shanghai Swings to Communists Amid Marching Flags
Shanghai residents embraced the Communist movement in a rapid political shift. Red banners appeared along avenues as newspapers altered stance overnight. Students sang Communist songs while customs workers paused duties and joined in learning the new ideology. Chinese radio broadcast song lessons.
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Shanghai
Questions Raised Over Lidice Fund Claims
Reports dispute how five million dollars raised in the United States to rebuild Lidice was used. Jan Vodicka accuses collectors and admins of siphoning large portions while Dr Jan Papanek says Americans gave at most five thousand dollars. Lidice was razed by the Nazis in retaliation for Heydrich’s assassination.
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Lidice
Jan Vodicka
Union of Fighters For Freedom
Czechoslovakia
United States
New York
Jan Papanek
Prague
Reinhardt Heydrich
Drawstring Dress Pattern Booklet for Spring Wardrobe
Sewing circle pattern for a two piece drawstring dress includes a contrast pattern. Book offers easy to sew instructions and a printed pattern inside the Spring and Summer Fashion issue. Price 25 cents.
Household hacks from a past era
A pasted advice list suggests practical tips such as drying woolen socks with pebbles to prevent shrinking, saving orange peels for fire aroma, waxing linoleum in a car trunk to ease sliding, using ammonia on a rusted broiler spot, and restoring a window shade by reversing and repairing its hem for a fresh pull cord.
Notable Names in a 1920s Health and Finance Page
The list features John Keats, Joseph C. Lincoln, Wendell Wilkie, and King of Diamonds with Dr. N. W. Locke a foot specialist based in Williamsburg Ontario. The collection suggests a blend of literary, political, gaming, and medical figures referenced in the segment.
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John Keats
Joseph C. Lincoln
Wendell Wilkie
King of Diamonds
N. W. Locke
Williamsburg
Ontario
Tobacco taxes set record U S and state receipts
The U S department of agriculture says tobacco tax take will reach about 1.75 billion dollars in the current fiscal year, roughly half of the total collected by Uncle Sam. The estimate comes from a department review of tobacco impact. Lynn offers vegetable seasonings including butter sugar and cinnamon for carrots and mint for green beans.
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Uncle Sam
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
U. S
Lynn
Spinach Cas serole and Creamed Beans with Onion Zing
A home kitchen guide describes making spinach casserole topped with cheese sauce and mushroom caps then baking until heated through. It also suggests adding onion juice to white sauce for creamed beans to brighten flavor and using leftover vegetables to stuff hollowed onions before baking until tender.
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George Warren
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Fourpower
Germany
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Cleveland
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Buddy Baer
Hollywood
May Mann
Lynn Chambers
Beverare
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells Bt
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Ask
Pere Rue
MR Ome
Cape Cod
Wall Street
Frost Ockel
St. Louis
RED Star
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